Ironing-board.



' .E. L. RIDGWAY.

kIRONING BOARD.l v APPucATIoN Flu-:n :uns f6. 1915.

1,1 5&3@ Patented Aug. l?, 1915.

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Application tiled June 1G, 1915. Serial N0. 34,515.

SF) 'all whom it may concern p v Be known that l, -ELzin L. RDGWAY, a ciiaen of. the United States, residing at Erice ier. Springs, in the' county of Clay of Missouri, haveinvented a ceri; .n new and useful improvement in Iron# ing-deards, of which. the following is aI specification. v v v f lilly invention relates to improvements in ironing boards.

Tlie'object of my invention is to Providev anfironing' board with novel supporting ineens, which, when the board is not 1n use A' may be collapsed to compact space, and '.lwhicn, when. extended may support the board iiriniy in the operative position.

'Lnotlier object of my invention is to proimvilined ironing board and clothes aiterthey have been ironed, and i.

. another object of my invention is to provifzie an ironing board with a water receptacle pivoted thereto so as to be swung to and from, a position in which the board will serve as cover for the receptacle.

Another object of my invention. is to prote vide an ironing board with a detachable clamp having a sleeve board and a leg pivoted .thereto and adapted to be removed from the board with the sleeve board and leg when it is desired to dispense with the leg and sleeve board for any purpose, or toenable a cloth cover to be applied to the board, the clamp serving further, when desized, assist securing 'the cloth.- cover to the board. p

lilly :invention further provides a construction. in which all the parts may be disposed ina collapsed position when the board` is not in use. i

The novel features of my invention are @ter fully described and claimed.

ustrates the preferred embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved ironing board shown in the extended operative position. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same collapsed., Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional View of a portion of the ironing board and partsconneeted therewith shown in the extended poeinen.

,the l' er being adapted to support the be swung to a collapsed posiceive the brace 3 for holding the legs 9 and the accompanying drawing, which.

ySimilar reference characters' designate similar parts in the dilerent views.

1 designates the ironing lboard having hinged to its under side a pair of legs 2, which are'connected with each other by a cross brace 3, and having, preferably a supplemental :bracing bar 4f secured thereto and adapted, when the legs are in the extended position, shown in Figs. 1 and 3 to rest against the board 1. v

-5 is a U-shaped clamp adapted to embrace the upper and lower ysides and one end of the board 1, and provided'with two' clamping screws 6 adapted to bear against the under side of the board 1. z

The inner andv upper side/of the clamp 5 -may be provided'with pointed projections 7 for enabling the clamp to be more'securely fastened to the boa-rd.

The 'clamp 5 is provided with two downwardly extending ears 8 between and to whichr is pivoted a longitudinal leg 9 having on its upper side a top plate 10 provided L with a 4transverse notch 11 adapted to r'e-- 2 in the extended operative position.

A sleeve board 12 has secured to it a U shaped member 13 the arms of which are re: spectively pivoted to two horizontally eX-y tending parallel ears 14 withv which the 85 clamp 5 is provided. 'The lsleeve board is also provided with a leg 15 adapted to rest upon the top of the board 1.. X

A water receptacle comprising a cup 16 1s provided with a lateral arm 17 which is pivoted to the under side'of the board 1 by a screw 18. ,-The cup may be swung t9 and from a position under the board 1, in which position the board serves as a cover for the cup. When the cup is 'in useit is swung 95 to the position shown in Fig. 1.

vSecured to the under side Aof' the board l is a U-shaped member 18 upon which are adapted to rest a plurality of clothes sup porting members 20, each pivote'dindepend- 100 ently to rthe'under side of the board 1 and adapted to swing between the member 19 4 and the board 1 to positions extending laterally from one side edge of the board 1,

as shown in Fig. 1, or adapted to be swung 106 wholly under the board l'to .the positionA shown in Fig. 2.

When the board is to vbe used the sleeve board 12, cup 16 and members,20 may be swung to the operative position shown lin 11o Fig. 1. The legs 2 and 9 may be swung to the positions shown in Fig. .1, with the brace 3 disposed in the notch l1, thereby releasably locking the legs in the extended positions. f

For locking the legs 9 and 2 against rela tive lateral movement with respect to each other, the cross brace 3 is provided with .a notch 21 in its lower edge, Fig. 2, which receives the plate 10 when the legs are ixed in the extended locked position shown in Fig. 3. y

In the collapsed position, the parts will b as shown in Fig. 2.

By lloosening the screws 6, vthe clamp 5, sleeve board l2 and leg 9 may bc removed bodily from the ironing board l.

l do not limit my invention tothe structure shown and described, as modifications, within the scope of the appended claims, maybe made without departing from 4the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is:

l. An ironing board, a clamp releasably secured to one end thereof, a pair of legs hinged to the under side of the ironing board, a brace connecting said legs, anda longitudinally disposed leg hinged to said clamp and adapted to extend between said pair of legs and provided in its upper side with a transverse notch adapted to receive vsaid brace, and thereby lock the legs releasably in the extended operative position..

2. An ironing 'board a U-shaped clamp adapted to embrace and to be releasably secured tosaid board at one end thereof` and provided with two downwardly extending ears, a pair of legs hinged to the under sideV of said ironing board, a longitudinal leg hinged to and between said ears and adapt- 4ed to extend between said pair of legs, and

releasable means for locking the three legs in the operative extended positions.

' 3. An ironing board, a pair of legs hinged to the under side thereof, a brace connecting said legsl and provided with a transverse notch, and a longitudinally disposed leg hinged to the ironing board and adapted to sleeve board, and having means for piv-l otally supporting one leg of an ironing table.

5. A clamp adapted to be releasably se-v cured to an ironing board, and provided with two ears-extending at right angles to each other and havlng means for pivotally supporting a sleeve board upon one of said ears, and having means for pivotally supportingone leg of an ironing table upon the other of said ears. l

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to xthis specification.

ELZlE L. RDGWAY. 

